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Beijing City, China

•Directed engineering team to identify and analyze the company’s future technical strategy roadmap which includes clarifying the directions for R&D, product and standards development to complement the core business•As the technical lead, jointly developed Sparklink short-range wireless communication standards (similar to WiFi IEEE802.11 series and Bluetooth technologies) and designs various smart home product solutions in A/V applications such as Sparklink-enabled wireless microphone, speaker, camera and screen share devices•Managed HW & SW teams to develop Sparklink hardware module development board suite and software protocol stack while securing substantial customer project commitment for future IT products•Led and managed various key R&D and product development projects in the Smart Appliance/Smart Home/Internet of Things/Cloud Computing fields which include delivering total system and network solutions for: Hisense smart AC and refrigerator; Midea smart microwave oven and smart kitchen sets that include stove, dishwasher, steam oven, among other home appliances; Linxee smart home gateway; Hisense/TCL/Konka A/V sharing Internet TV and STB products•As the chief architect, designed system architecture to enable seamless interoperability of IGRS-compliant devices, applications and cloud services over LAN or WAN networks. The total system solutions, include the development of IGRS wireless module, mobile application and user/device/service management and cloud application server technologies, which are also portable over different platforms, allow for users to access controls or services associated with their binding devices at anywhere anytime •Recognized business opportunities and cooperate with industry-leading cloud/application service providers such as Sina, Tencent, JD.com, Alibaba and Huawei to strengthen the feasibility of our solutions•Worked closely with BU to assist the customers with their product requirements

Beijing City, China

• Spearheaded the development of Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing (IGRS) specifications, and as the chief expert, successfully guided IGRS standards to become international standard (ISO/IEC 14543-5 series) as well as national standard (GB/T 20299) of China in less than 2 years• As Vice Director General of Secretariat and chief standard expert of IGRS Association since 2006 (ongoing):- Conducted IPR reviews of IGRS standards during the development, submission and approval processes of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry- Revised and finalized the IPR policy to obtain the approval of the entire IGRS membership- Successfully published 14 ISO/IEC international, 11 national and 7 industry standards for IGRS Association- As a technical expert/editor in ISO/IEC JTC1 SC25 WG1, contributed to the development of the interoperability framework and gateway projects• As Corporate Strategy Planning GM, defined and developed the business strategies, technology roadmap and product plans for the company and IGRS National Engineering Lab in Shenzhen• Assisted CEO to refine overall corporate-level management processes, including business, accounting, technical project management, HR and as well as information system upgrades• Directed product team to design and develop IGRS Power Line Communication (PLC) adaptor and IGRS Z-Wave module-based software and hardware solutions to enable IPTV/Net TV, smart home control and energy management products sales in China market• Led and managed IGRS standard protocol and gateway development in both software and hardware and successfully implemented various interoperability projects such as IGRS-Common Communication Protocol (CCP) & IGRS-UPnP protocol• Organized, designed and implemented two smart home-themed showrooms (in Beijing and Shenzhen) to showcase to high-ranking government officials, industry leaders, researchers and general consumers, the fantastic intelligent life experience delivered by IGRS technologies

Beijing City, China

• Established and defined a Chinese IT Industry Standard – Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing working Group (IGRS) and finalized its official release in June 2005• Led the efforts of promoting IGRS standard in global and Chinese Market and helped to make IGRS a world-known standard to ensure the success of the IGRS Standard & numerous joint projects of cooperation• Act as the official liaison officer of IGRS in connection with numerous standard organizations and the primary representative and voter of Lenovo Group in the international standard organization – Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) and contributed to the public availability of that specification delivered in June, 2004• Developed IGRS Intellectual Property (IP), Membership Bylaws and Patent Pool Management Policies to enable IP licensing and profit sharing • Worked closely with the General Manager and the CTO of Lenovo Corporate R&D to jointly define research & development roadmaps and identify future technology trend of the IT Industry for Lenovo by preparing monthly industry reviews and annual Lenovo Technology Outlook report to the president

Oceanport, New Jersey

• Developed Web-based applications (client-server applications, security etc.) for various clients• Jointly led the systems design of core SW architecture• Interacted with clients to finalize design requirements• Secured three contracts in less than five months

Holmdel, New Jersey

• Established architecture and feature design of Optical Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Long Haul and Metro Systems and defined optical specs and other system characteristics• Led team of software, hardware and testing engineers to develop product features during conception, design and verification phases ensuring product meets customer requirement• Designed and developed various optical transmission devices, such as optical translator, modulation and demodulation unit, repeater and switch devices• Developed detailed product, software and system requirements• Participated in customer liaison and trade show, provided technical presentation and RFI/RFP response to local and international customers (AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, etc.)• Supported strategic field trials in customer networks including plan networks, review configurations• Designed and developed operations manual and delivered technical training for customers' installers• Interacted with other business units to ensure interoperation among Lucent products such as Metro WDM system, edge access and optical switch system• Implemented Telcordia, ANSI, ITU-T and other industry standards into product design• Conducted forward-looking study of emerging technologies and competitor analysis

Master'S Degree, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering, 3.4

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.9